I am currently using nvidia-drivers-1.0.9755-r1 on amd64, and for several reasons (including occasional ~1 second "hangs", among others) I have longed to update the nvidia-drivers. I did try both the 100.14.09 and 100.14.11, with quite a few different kernel versions, to no avail.

When I try to boot with 100.14.09, everything is fine until it wants to start xdm. Here the screen suddenly turns black (even the backlight goes out), and nothing more happens (at least not for ~10 minutes). If I try to restart X by CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE the backlight flashes, and then again nothing happens. I know that the login screen actually IS there somewhere, because I can (using the keyboard) choose the 'shut down' or 'reboot' options from the menu (though I can't see them). When I do so, the screen continues to be black, until the computer resets (I can't see what's going on during shutdown).

When I try to boot with 100.14.11, everything is the same as with 100.14.09, except that it lets me see what's going on during shutdown.

After each try I have looked at my Xorg.0.log, and I can't see what's wrong. Since someone probably will find the error by using it, here's my latest Xorg.0.log (using the 100.14.11 module):

I know I'm grasping at straws but:
I notices you don't have a resolution set...is it possible the driver (which couldn't find edid frequencies is picking one your screen can't handle?
Do you have a wide screen?
Can you try setting a standard resolution for your screen? 1024x768 for 4:3 screen etc...

PS, is this a laptop?
Edit: it is a geforce go 6100 according to the driver, so it is a laptop_________________emerge: there are no ebuilds to satisfy "moo"

Yes, it is a widescreen (1280x800) notebook, but none of these resolutions worked: 1280x800, 1024x768, 800x600. I tried with both the 100.14.09 and the 100.14.11 this time as well _________________If you've got nothing nice to say, you're probably not alone...

If you want to use the flat panel, you can add the following line to your screen section:

Code:

Option "UseDisplayDevice" "DFP"

Then it should work.

Wow! The knowledge on this forum keeps amazing me, adding that line did the trick. How come this is not mentioned somewhere in the X guide or the nvidia guide? Thanks again everyone!_________________If you've got nothing nice to say, you're probably not alone...

It's mentioned in the nvidia drivers readme (/usr/share/doc/nvidia-drivers-100.14.09/README.bz2 in my installation) in Appendix B. "X Config Options" at line 5021.
It took a lot of time until I found it there